Tiago Forte is the creator of Building a Second Brain. Originally an online cohort-based course on using digital notetaking to transform your life, it has now turned into a book.    Tiago himself called this "one of the deepest interviews he's done."    In this conversation, we spoke about where Tiago's background in teaching, his inspiration to dream big, why he's sought out danger in his own life, how to interview your family, tips for a Vipassana retreat, why it's important to help today, and much more.   (0:00) Intro  (0:36) The power of meetup  (3:00) Tiago’s first entrance into teaching  (5:31) Helping to your days  (7:02) Ukraine  (9:00) “We’re so comfortable here”  (12:10) Dangerous neighborhoods creating better communities  (18:55) Venkatesh Rao’s endorsement  (21:02) Endorsing other people  (24:08) Education vs. entertainment  (30:40) What inspires Tiago to dream big?  (32:32) Tiago adopting Neurolink?  (33:58) Documentary about Dad (I was 10 times more present)  (37:12) How to interview family?  (39:43) How much does raising a child teach you about yourself?  (41:30) Breaking down with tears on a plane  (46:55) The growth of more in touch with feelings  (51:02) Opening up your vagus nerve  (56:30) Tips for Vipassana retreat  (59:41) Tiago on Twitter vs. Tiago in real life  (1:02:11) “To have profound insights, you need a quiet mind”  (1:04:06) How do we get better at applying what we capture?  (1:05:39) “Don’t trust anyone over 35 who doesn’t have kids giving life advice”  (1:08:42) How does access to large datasets impact decisions?  (1:12:38) What is Lindy?  (1:13:08) Focus on quantity, not quality  (1:19:28) Why do we feel shame around sharing our work?  (1:21:10) We look down upon manufacturing for no reason  (1:27:13) “Email is the elephant in the room of modern productivity”  (1:30:15) “We’re internet people”  (1:33:01) Creators are being too strategic  (1:35:50) Learning patience  (1:38:01) Outro   Building a Second Brain (book): https://www.amazon.com/Building-Second-Brain-Organize-Potential/dp/1982167386 Tiago's Twitter: https://twitter.com/fortelabs Tiago's Website: https://fortelabs.co/  Continue the conversation with me...        🎙 Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda      📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda      🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda      🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure

Tejas Hullur is a creator. Over the past two years, he's gone from no online presence to smoking with Mike Tyson. In this conversation, we spoke about how Colin & Samir became mentors, and the life of a creator in 2022.   Topics: (0:00) Intro  (1:05) “It’s been the craziest 2 years of my life”  (7:21) Nobody really concentrates on the quality of a follower  (9:14) “You’re an embarrassment to the fraternity”  (10:46) Why was Tejas so passionate about creating?  (13:18) “Being a content creator is living 4 years in 1”  (14:28) Dropping out of college  (17:31) Leverage  (20:50) How to make decisions?  (24:47) Colin & Samir as mentors  (30:41) The highs and lows of creators  (32:58) Impactful practices for creativity  (36:08) Smoking a blunt with Mike Tyson  (45:41) Tejas’ focus on the dark side  (49:11) Hiring an editor  (53:03) Peer vs. mentor  (55:38) Fortune Magazine calling Tejas the modern-day “Tony Robbins”   (58:00) Getting recognized  (1:00:06) Storytelling: “Build up tension and release it”  (1:05:38) 4 elements to be a successful creator  (1:07:30) Idea to creation  (1:10:55) The importance of family  (1:21:22) Record your conversations with friends/family  (1:23:10) Dylan Lemay’s ice cream shop  (1:28:18) Tejas’ self-awareness  (1:29:52) Challenge for creators  (1:31:33) Challenge for anyone   Resources Mentioned  Joe Rogan and Naval (JRE 1309) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qHkcs3kG44  My Ajja. (There Is No Life Without Death) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPloPNaag4Q  Tejas on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tejashullur Tejas on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tejashullur/  Continue the conversation with me...      🎙 Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda     📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda     🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda     🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure

Nate O'Brien started putting out YouTube videos in January 2017. Since then, he has built a following of over 1.25 million people while maintaining internal peace. In this conversation, he spoke about his path toward meditation, how he's set up R&D projects, and how he's had to work around his natural introversion.   (0:00) Intro  (0:41) Nate’s firewood business  (1:55) Mowing lawns with grandpa  (3:16) Early days of growing YouTube channel  (6:41) Work smarter, not harder   (7:47) Living in the wild  (8:37) Meditation  (12:21) YouTube comments  (13:45) Fame  (19:45) R&D projects  (21:29) Impactful books  (22:37) Nate on NFTs  (25:31) Why Nate loves accounting (26:21) “Introverts have to teach themselves how to interact”  (28:31) $500 of Amazon gift cards  (30:33) How to set goals  (31:41) 1.25 million subscribers  (32:56) Lots of messages  (34:01) Who’s doing life the right way?  (35:03) Spending time alone  (37:08) Steve Jobs quote  (41:03) Nate becoming a billionaire?  (43:33) Do people treat Nate differently? (44:32) Commonalities between people who have achieved massive success?  (45:32) Getting into a flow state  (47:12) Nate’s good trades and bad trades  (50:01) Investing podcasts  (51:07) Nate’s content expansion  (52:13) Minimalism  (54:08) Connecting with Nate   Nate's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/NateOBrien Nate's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nateobrienn/  Continue the conversation with me...     🎙 Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda    📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda    🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda    🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure

Chris Van Vliet is a 4-time Emmy-winning TV Host and podcaster. In this conversation, we spoke about Chris's first broadcasting experience, what it's like when The Rock calls you out, and Tyler Perry's advice that changed his life.   The video version of this podcast is available on Spotify and YouTube. Topics: (0:00) Happy Birthday Chris  (0:48) How do you like consuming books?  (2:39) Chris’ early television experience  (8:33) Ask the obvious  (11:31) What’s it like to interview The Rock?  (14:13) Chris’ wrestling career as Chris Sharp  (17:11) Early access to internet  (19:17) Chris’ college band  (20:53) Connection between Chris’ passions (wrestling, music, interviews)  (27:00) What makes Chris great?  (29:23) How to get better at asking?  (33:03) What people don’t know about Hollywood  (34:26) What makes for a great team in Hollywood?  (37:28) How do you build a stronger intuition?  (40:01) How to bring up your energy?  (41:41) How does anyone getting to record themselves change society?  (44:49) What would Chris do if he was graduating college today?  (48:23) Tyler Perry’s advice to Chris  (53:29) Closing words   https://bionic-reading.com/  Chris' Links  Instagram / YouTube / TikTok / Twitter / Podcast Continue the conversation with me...   🎙 Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda   📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda   🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda   🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure

Nicolle Merrilyne is an energy healer and intuitive medium.  In this conversation, we spoke about my intuitive healing session with Nicolle, her spiritual team, how to protect your energy, and how intuition can guide you. (0:00) Nicolle’s mom's incredible intuition (3:59) Why Nicolle said no to her dream job (7:49) Family support (10:12) The right balance between surrender vs. taking action (14:08) What is an intuitive healer? (15:42) Spirit team (18:58) All religions point to the same truth (20:23) My intuitive healing session with Nicolle (27:41) Measuring energy frequency? (29:30) Guided meditation (31:41) Why Nicolle is drawn to nature (32:59) How to manifest (44:54) Nicolle's transformation (47:24) Shields up (49:25) How to protect energy (52:13) Intention (53:53) Spirituality when your physical environment doesn’t understand you (57:38) Synchronicities (1:04:02) Shower thoughts (1:06:31) Affirmations (1:09:49) Getting back in alignment (1:17:34) Moments of magic Nicolle's Links Instagram / Website

Jay Alderton is a fitness business coach. He has previously served in the military, competed in bodybuilding competitions, and been a fitness coach. In this conversation, we spoke about building self-awareness, the mistake of intellectualizing everything, why you should focus on impact over income, and much more.  The video version of this episode is available on Spotify and YouTube. (0:00) Happy Birthday Jay  (2:43) Building self-awareness  (5:02) What can we do to better love ourselves?  (7:41) The mistake of “intellectualization”  (10:15) Health, Wealth, Productivity, and Connectivity  (15:11) Thursday at the spa  (21:45) What to do when feeling miserable  (25:37) Running 2 marathons without training  (29:33) How to best be comfortable with discomfort  (34:30) Why don’t we learn?  (39:23) Day 29 of cold showers  (43:01) How to be a great speaker  (46:31) Impact over income  (50:51) Jay’s final closing words  Jay on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/jayalderton/  Jay on TikTok – https://www.tiktok.com/@jayalderton  Continue the conversation with me...  🎙Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view  🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda  📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda  🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda  🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure

Nick Maggiulli is the creator of Of Dollars And Data and the Chief Operating Officer at Ritholtz Wealth Management. He has published a post on his blog every week since 2017. Most recently, he published his first book (Just Keep Buying: Proven Ways To Save Money And Build Your Wealth), which has sold over 10,000 copies in the first month.  In this conversation, we speak about what it felt like to get mentioned on The Tim Ferriss Show, the power of books, how Morgan Housel has served as a mentor for Nick, and much more.  The video version of this podcast is available on Spotify and YouTube. Topics discussed: (0:00) Intro  (0:33) Tooth fairy  (2:23) How does skepticism impact you?  (5:08) Starting a blog (and the slow grind)  (8:35) Moments of quitting?  (10:48) How has motivation changed for Nick?  (13:21) Going on a book tour and repeating himself?  (15:25) Optimism toward future progress  (17:03) Does paying attention to the news impact Nick?  (18:08) The power of books  (19:21) How many hours to write Just Keep Buying?  (20:13) Most unexpected challenge when writing the book?  (22:03) Nick’s $500,000 goal by 30  (23:40) Is high expectations a new phenomenon?  (26:23) Dealing with existential dread in early 20s  (27:46) What would Nick recommend to young people who don’t know?  (29:36) “I’ll probably never write a book” –Nick, May 2020  (34:23) Do family and friends rely on Nick as a data scientist?  (35:49) Words matter  (37:54) Taleb’s Turkey Problem  (40:03) Winners keep winning true for nations as well?  (42:24) Morgan Housel as a mentor  (44:48) Shouted out on Tim Ferriss Show  (46:50) “No medals for prevention, only cures”   (49:07) Appreciation for Mark Zuckerberg  (51:23) Creating as a part of your being  (53:03) How to be kinder    Nick’s book (Just Keep Buying) – https://www.amazon.com/Just-Keep-Buying-Proven-wealth/dp/0857199250 Nick's Twitter – https://twitter.com/dollarsanddata Nick's Website – https://ofdollarsanddata.com/ Resources Mentioned:   Escape From Freedom by Erich Fromm – https://www.amazon.com/Escape-Freedom-Erich-Fromm/dp/0805031499 How To Write Weekly and Accelerate Your Career (Nick Maggiulli + David Perell) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HI5CISSPms Continue the conversation with me... 🎙Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda 🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure

I have recorded around 250 interviews in the past two years. Here's a distillation of what I've learned about how to conduct a better interview, ask better questions, and how that leads to a more rich existence.   The backstory of this episode: Dan Go wanted to learn how to conduct a better interview. So he texted me, we hopped on a call, and now we're sharing it with the world.   Check out Dan's podcast (The Dan Go Podcast)... https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dan-go-podcast/id1555751972  Dan on Twitter – https://twitter.com/FitFounder  Continue the conversation with me...   🎙Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view   🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda   📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda   🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda   🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure

David Perell is a writer and entrepreneur. He is the creator of the wildly successful Write of Passage – an online course that helps people accelerate their careers by writing online. He has amassed a following of over 300,000 people on Twitter alone. In this conversation, we spoke about David's college years, why introspection is overrated, David's interesting writing habits, and why epiphanies are felt.  You can access this video on Spotify. Topics: (0:00) Intro  (0:48) Probation  (5:01) The first time David started to take himself seriously  (6:11) Find the leverage  (8:12) Bill Morningstar  (11:20) How to get confidence when you’re not qualified?  (12:25) Coining terms as a creator  (15:00) Mimetic theory  (19:33) How do you make sure what you want is what you really want?  (21:33) Why does David spend time with people he disagrees with?  (25:01) Knowledge workers should treat themselves as athletes  (27:13) Changing the education system  (39:31) Who does David admire today?  (43:01) Surrendering to the art of conversation  (44:29) Overcoming insecurities  (47:20) Injecting more of himself into his work  (48:34) “Epiphanies are felt”  (50:40) “Introspection is overrated”  (53:08) Why David grades his dad A+++  (56:50) How do we live with more joy?  (1:00:23) How much did David turn to the internet as a kid?  (1:02:45) Annual Review  (1:03:41) Connection between plants vs. podcasts  (1:06:28) How to judge improvement on creative work on week-to-week  (1:07:41) The unexpected benefit of writing  (1:12:01) Does David have any trouble sleeping?  (1:13:39) David’s weird writing habits  (1:20:40) How has David gotten less self-loathing?  (1:22:51) Balaji NYT/BTC/CCP framing  (1:26:41) Why are we so attracted to the current?  (1:30:23) Why is David a long-term thinker?  (1:31:11) Web3 vs. Bitcoiners (1:32:51) Lessons from Robert Moses  (1:36:33) Any fiction?  (1:38:00) Book deal?  Resources Mentioned  • First David Perell appearance on The Danny Miranda Podcast 070 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCS3Qyh7LKs  • Kevin Kelly’s 103 Bits of Advice – https://kk.org/thetechnium/103-bits-of-advice-i-wish-i-had-known/  • Austin Scholar – https://austinscholar.substack.com/  • Jack Butcher days vs. decades – https://twitter.com/jackbutcher/status/1485609022799716353  David's Links Twitter – https://twitter.com/david_perell Write of Passage – https://writeofpassage.school/  Continue the conversation with me... 🎙Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view  🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda  📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda  🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda  🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure

Carter Good is a fitness coach. He has lost over 100 pounds, kept it off, and now coaches other people on how to do it too. But this conversation wasn't centered around his 448,000-person Instagram following or losing the weight. Instead, we spoke about how his passions for fitness have lessened over the years, why Carter turned to therapy, and how he's building internal peace. Topics: (0:00) Intro (0:28) Carter’s tattoos (4:16) Carter’s journey toward internal peace (7:01) Replaying the same song over and over? (8:21) Mike Vacanti phone call (10:22) Framework for making decisions (13:31) Why did Carter choose to lose weight? (16:01) Fear in college (18:41) How Carter changed his physical environment (21:01) Moving to Austin, running into Tim Ferriss? (22:11) Struggling with passion for fitness (28:13) Passion for friends (30:13) Where does Carter’s vulnerability come from? (32:42) How journaling has helped Carter (33:55) Benefits of therapy (34:41) Why start therapy? (36:43) The importance of a morning routine (40:03) Going from 10,000 followers to 300,000 followers on Instagram (42:33) Why does Carter feel uncomfortable sharing himself? (44:46) Carter’s proudest moments creating content (51:49) The similarity between business + losing weight (55:41) How do we reframe what’s cool? (58:33) The importance of being on a journey (1:01:21) “All the best content is about you’re going to die“ (1:04:00) 80-year-old self regret test (1:05:02) Carter’s current mission Carter's Instagram – https://instagram.com/cartergood Carter's Twitter – https://twitter.com/cartergood 🎙Podcast: https://podfollow.com/1532160275/view 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/heydannymiranda 🕺 TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@heydannymiranda 🚨 Newsletter: https://dannymiranda.com/tuesday-treasure/